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[Martin [Admin]]

 
 
'Florida': Las velas que propulsan al superyate del futuro (incluso sin viento)



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[terry horton]

My big question regards these super luxury yachts is how do they handle in really rough seas  or do they just act as showpieces in the mill pond of a very large marina ?

[john44]

I always thought the rudders were underneath the boat.

[Martin [Admin]]

I always thought the rudders were underneath the boat.

 

[Martin [Admin]]

I always thought the rudders were underneath the boat.

  Just for show and bragging rights!

[DavieTait]

I had a read of it using google translate the "sails" are more solar panels than sails ( though they would work as sails their rigid shape means they will be relatively inefficient I'd think ) I'd think you would need to have more money than sense to build it as it's probably in the region of several hundred million quids worth.......

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[Oldishseadog]

My big question regards these super luxury yachts is how do they handle in really rough seas  or do they just act as showpieces in the mill pond of a very large marina ?

Many many are fair weather only. Theatres of operation can be restricted by insurers, e.g. not in Caribbean during hurricane season. Trans-oceanic transits frequently done piggy-back on specialised commercial vessels. They are not really built to handle what professional mariners would call ‘heavy weather’. The Mirabella V Was the largest single-masted yacht in the world when she was built - the mast was so high (anecdotally) that she couldn’t pass under the Golden Gate Bridge and sails had to be reefed in winds over 15 knots.  A recently-built sail-assisted 3-mast mega yacht (mainmast reportedly 105 metres high) has an insured value in excess of 4 hundred million US$ (built for a Russian oligarch). So generally they are expensive play-things for the wealthy see-and-be-seen crowd. That being said, some of them are spectacular looking beasts.
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